[ROM] Warp OEM 2.70

Introducing...The Warp OEM ROM!“Making the ZTE Warp everything it should have been straight from the factory - and more.”

Warp OEM is a minimalistic, performance-centered ROM for the ZTE Warp with a custom-themed twist on the Warp's stock interface designed to deliver a professional look and feel.

What users are saying:“It should be illegal for a rom to be this good...” -TyranTxHD

“Clearly this is the best ROM for warps right now.” -Nerf1

“Best rom for our Warps right now, 100% sure...” -aaanadie

“Damn Skippy this deserves an A+!!!! Merc you worked your butt off, This thing is great! (still a few tweaks) but when it's completely dialed in, You should be very happy with yourself. This is going to be in the top 3 rom's, if not # 1 when you say it's complete.“ -sb43

“Just wanted to comment on battery life.... Haven't charged my phone since 8am yesterday moning and have been using bluetooth with music, my news reader numerous messages and at least 2 hours of talk time it's currently 6pm next day and battery is at 73%...JUST AMAZING” -sinisterfox

“Well, I've owned a number of phones and ended with the Warp. I just needed a phone at the time. I rooted it 30 minutes after opening the package. I went on the hunt for a Rom that was comfortable for me and my lifestyle. After leaving Stock I wanted to get back just so everything will work without much hassle. This Rom is BRILLIANT.....this Rom has intelligently responded to everything I threw at it, and just sit there waiting for my next commands. Dude, this is what phoning is all about. Efficient apps, actions that duplicate your thoughts, I'm telling you....I am blown away. You've paralleled Stock with working knowledge that makes this a premium product. I am now satisfied with my phone and will not stop to look for your return. Many thanks to you.” -gw4141

“...I agree with other users, this rom IS THA BOMB!! I love simplicity. I flashed the test build of DTM's 1.8 oc kernal and it runs smooth as silk, ... I am really impressed. I want to take this opportunity to thank you for the time and effort you have provided.” -kdraw44

“Got to say man, very nice, extremely fast, very stable, …great job man... been running it all day today and not a burp lol, thanks again for the hard work on this one, fantastic rom dude... ” -rcjosie

“I Just wanted to say thank you to mercury0x000d, ever since i've downloaded your ROM my phone is soooo fast!!!! i dont know how you did it but my text messages are always on time, no more delays, i can send videos thru text ( Couldnt do that b4). I'm just happy and thankful, cant wait for the new version!!!!” -InferioIsGreat

I have just finished installing this awesome rom! It made this phone into something new. lol This is truly a fast rom. I will now have to spend time to move into my new phone and set it up the way I like. Coming from a Samsung Prevail with CTMod 3.75.2 will take a little getting used to. But in a very good way! Goodbye my old friend Prevail, hello you incredible Warp! Thanks to all who worked on this rom, really good work guys, I love it. - riven67

Warp OEM 2.xx Adreno Tweaks - MD5: 84e6828a2c60b68e662e29ebd4289cee
A flashable to add the Adreno Tweaks (by CosmicDan and Spizzy01 of XDA) into any version of Warp OEM from 2.00 through 2.53, which will majorly boost GPU performance. Special thanks to Dizzle1 for customizing the initial tweaks for the Warp and Blyss for confirming they work on WOEM 2.53! May work with some other ROMs as well, but this cannot be guaranteed.

Warp OEM 2.51 to 2.53 Update patch - MD5: a62e863eed2c4e5d70c5b1b22553e757
For those who have just flashed version 2.51 and would like the security update included in Warp OEM 2.53. Note: Version 2.53 had some updated apps versus version 2.51, however this patch does not include these. For the sake of everyone's sanity, your app folders will not be touched when using this update.

PowerNap - MD5: 9b4e3c7b0fa3ebc2f7024facea8b3803
The script powering one of the new features of Warp OEM. Now available separately! This must be used with a kernel which supports asynchronous init.d script execution, such as the Alien Kernel. Place this in the init.d2 folder to have it run upon startup.

PowerNap v2 - MD5: 9ac00a98b477507a787e03d4702729a6
Updated version which, compared to the original (above) doubles the maximum speed of the device during sleep. Use if the upon-wake lag in the original is too much to bear.

Mercury updater-script - MD5: 881f83784b6bb05bd719a1e951084d76
A complete installer script solution which mounts, formats and sets permissions as necessary and also checks which type of custom recovery the user has and verifies the platform accordingly. For custom ROM devs who would like to use the installer found in WOEM.

Installation Instructions:
Prerequisites: You must have a custom recovery (e.g. CWM or TWRP) installed to be able to load this ROM. Warp OEM is not for all versions of the ZTE Warp, only Boost Mobile customers. A version for Public Mobile is not available.

Warp OEM now supports the uninstallation of many optional preloaded apps! To more simply support this new feature (and to reduce issues encountered when installing over a previous installation, e.g. a "dirty" install) the installer will now wipe /data as well. You will need to restore your other apps from within a management utility such as Titanium Backup.

1. Download the most recent version from the download center above to your SD card.
2. Reboot into recovery.
3. Make a complete backup of your device!!
4. Use the install from zip (CWM) or Install (TWRP) option to navigate to where you saved the Warp OEM ROM on your SD card and select it.
5. When the installer script finishes, reboot your phone.

Notes and known issues:Note: If you are having trouble getting a specific app to work once again after installing Warp OEM, try un- and re-installing it. Instagram is one app which is noted to have this issue.
-There is a noticeable “jumping” or “ripple” effect in the graphics during scrolling and some overlays/transparencies. This is a side effect of taking the FPS limit off the drawing engine and is considered normal, but you can use the smoothness fix to stop it if you'd like.
-There is a bug where graphical elements do not display properly in alternate DPI settings. But since it still messes up the Play Store, I wouldn't recommend changing the DPI anyway.

Special thanks to:
The WOEM beta team! (bob-st, rickpcb, sb43, theminor19, TimeofDeath) You guys ROCK!
rcjosie - For testing all the early versions I made.
sinisterfox - For pinpointing which versions had the camera / camcorder issue.
jimsmith80 – WiFi tethering in WOEM works because of this guy right here, folks. Also, his DroidSmith ROM is one of the several I reverse engineered to be sure I was correctly implementing Swipe-to-Clear. Thanks Jim!
DM47021 - For making the best freakin' kernel the Warp has ever seen. Seriously... this ROM would only be half of what it is without his Alien kernel.
And a big thank you goes out to all the other users and fans of this ROM. You guys are the reason I've pushed this project beyond the little system-customization-never-meant-to-leave-my-own-Warp as which it began. Thank you all so much!

version 1.55
-switched to Alien 3.0 kernel, giving Warp OEM virtual memory (swap) support as well as extra governors and I/O schedulers and a ton of other enhancements – all with a top speed of 1.8 GHz! HUGE thanks to DM47021 for all the hard work on this amazing kernel!
-switched to ICS+ Camera (thanks to DM47021 for the sugestion!)
-changed default wallpaper
-updated some apps
-moved all excess apps to the new Warp OEM App Pack, which can be flashed atop the base ROM to add in all the extra apps that WOEM has always included
-removed more unneeded apps:
-DownloadProviderUI.apk
-DrmProvider.apk
-removed duplicate properties in build.prop
-deleted ro.lge values from build.prop; they apply only to LG devices
-deleted the ro.mot values from build.prop; they apply only to Motorola devices
-changed windowsmgr.max_events_per_sec in build.prop to 90 as per Google's tech documents

version 1.50
-fixed camera and camcorder hang issue from versions 1.41 and 1.42
-temporarily reverting to regular DPI density to stop Play Store issues – all apps will now update!
-swapped existing keyboards for Ice Cream Sandwich Keyboard by Johntanmi-added Network Monitor (to keep track of your tethering usage), Terminal Emulator, RootDim, Quick Boot (to provide quick restarting options until I get the extended power menu working in version 2.00) and No-frills CPU Control (thanks to LilBit for the suggestion – nice work, Bit )
-bundled the V7 Neon codec needed by MXPlayer for hardware acceleration and SIMD on our phones' GPU
-swapped Root Browser for ES File Manager (thanks to Shinru for the suggestion!) and removed the associated .root_browser file
-swapped Screenshot ER Demo out for ScreenShot Free, which was my first choice in the very beginning, but didn't work then for some weird reason... after the major overhaul my ROM has been through since then, now it does
-bundled app updates
-changed build.prop with hybrid file which incorporates mholloway's SuperPhone III (thanks mholloway!) and a ton of other mods and tweaks... literally... the stock file is around 1KB and this one is ten times that size
-commented all the build.prop modifications to show what they do
-fixed and added Mercury Sound Pack 2.3 – which includes a couple of the weirdest sounds ever

version 1.42
-added the /system/etc/.root_browser file to remove ads from Root Browser
-added some build.prop tweaks back in... so far, so good
-fixed QuickPic close issue - thanks to MrBobo and MyndCTRL for pointing out the solution!
-modified updater-script... again

version 1.40
-Replaced AdFree with AdAway which does a better job, in my opinion.
-Replaced Shady File Manager with Root Browser Free by JRummy, who was nice enough to make this available for free for inclusion in ROMs. Thanks so much, JRummy, and thanks to jimsmith80 for pointing this out!
-rewrote updater-script

I really was kinda hesitant to release it just yet because, frankly, there's still a lot about this ROM I don't like; there are several apps included in the ROM that I'm just not happy with. I'll be replacing several of the apps in my ROM with better ones as I get time to test them.

Once you install Warp OEM and get through the initial boot in which all the fun stuff gets rebuilt (the data partition, Dalvik cache, etc.) you can look forward to some speedy load times. The highest I clocked was around 28 seconds; the lowest was 17.

I'm eventually going to complete my study on how long the stock battery will last on a full charge while doing different activities while running Warp OEM. When all the data's in, I'll update the post.

If you're not a big fan of the chance of having wi-fi issues or need Bluetooth like you need air to breathe, the stock Warp kernel can be flashed atop the default one and the ROM will still run, albeit without its signature speed.EDIT: Thanks to the Alien kernel, all issues with wi-fi, Bluetooth and RIL have been resolved.

And speaking of speed, the internet access in Warp OEM is pretty swift, thanks in part to the included ad blocker. In my experience, pages load so much faster when you're not wasting half your bandwidth on transferring crap you don't wanna see anyway. So use it. No exceptions. EDIT: Ad blocking is now integrated into the ROM - no need to explicitly use it.

Warp OEM is extremely stable, but bugs do still exist and it will help to have more bug testers on the project than just me.

The installer script doesn't touch /recoveryand won't format /data, therefore using it is quite safe. So download it, take it for a test drive, and feel free to let me know what you think and how it performs for you.

I had lots of help from you all in making this ROM, not only in helping me fix things, but in giving me ideas and inspiration and steering me in the right direction when I was frustrated with how things were going. And for that, I say a very sincere thank you to you all. And also, thanks to all my future bug testers.

Just flashed this onto my warp, I cleared data, cache, and dalvik and flashed non oc kernel - I've got to say i LOVE FL launcher. I also like the way everything is zoomed out a bit and looks smaller and more compact. A few things that i ran into so far though.

The pulldown menu doesn't show like in the screenshot you posted. i can't enable wifi bluetooth etc from the pulldown menu. i would recommend fixing that and adding swipe to remove notifications.

+A little bit more themeing would be nice

Also heres another huge thing, which is making me switch to another ROM, when i go to the play store it says most of the apps are not compatible with this device when i've used it previously before.

Just flashed this onto my warp, I cleared data, cache, and dalvik and flashed non oc kernel - I've got to say i LOVE FL launcher. I also like the way everything is zoomed out a bit and looks smaller and more compact. A few things that i ran into so far though.

The pulldown menu doesn't show like in the screenshot you posted. i can't enable wifi bluetooth etc from the pulldown menu. i would recommend fixing that and adding swipe to remove notifications.

+A little bit more themeing would be nice

Also heres another huge thing, which is making me switch to another ROM, when i go to the play store it says most of the apps are not compatible with this device when i've used it previously before.

Extended Power Menu..? reboot into recovery etc

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Change the LCD DENSISTY BACK TO 240.that's why apps are not cmpatable.

... The pulldown menu doesn't show like in the screenshot you posted. i can't enable wifi bluetooth etc from the pulldown menu. i would recommend fixing that and adding swipe to remove notifications. ...

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I added an app called Notification Launcher which enables this functionality. But as my ROM doesn't touch /data it isn't set up by default. Go into the app and you can add five of your own custom toggle icons. I also recommend setting the icon to transparent. My logic for this was, if you want this feature, you can enable it. If not, then you can remove the app with TB or something, and no space is wasted. If you all would like, I'll add this feature natively into the ROM.

Actually, if you don't mind, I'd like it if you tried both I've been wanting to see how it performs differently on different build.props. Maybe this will iron out some of the issues it's currently having.

Which logo is that... are you referring to the green Android logo? I think that's the only logo in my ROM's startup sequence other than the custom one I put in. And just to eliminate the possibility of a faulty download/install, did you try it more than once?

Not in the official current version. I did a debug build to try to narrow down the source of some of the ROM's issues, so I'm inviting folks to try it out and report their results. I know it's fixable, since I didn't have that issue in my everyday version that I use and I wi-fi tether all the time... like right now as I type this. Strange this only cropped up in the release builds I made. I'm pretty sure it's some of the the build.prop tweaks, since on my daily driver build I don't have quite such an aggressively modded file.

Not in the official current version. I did a debug build to try to narrow down the source of some of the ROM's issues, so I'm inviting folks to try it out and report their results. I know it's fixable, since I didn't have that issue in my everyday version that I use and I wi-fi tether all the time... like right now as I type this. Strange this only cropped up in the release builds I made. I'm pretty sure it's some of the the build.prop tweaks, since on my daily driver build I don't have quite such an aggressively modded file.

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So what are you doing ,going back to no int.d tweaks and stock build prop?